Benji Lanyado is the founder of photography platform Picfair and a former Guardian travel writer
May 2018
AI promises a new utopia – but will the workless be welcome?
Benji Lanyado
We need to fight the draining of wealth from ordinary people to Silicon Valley, says Benji Lanyado, founder of image marketplace Picfair.com
June 2014
Dear government, Tech City is PR guff. Subsidise code schools instead
Benji Lanyado
Benji Lanyado: Developers are the lifeblood of the tech economy – yet it's the private sector that's offering the training that businesses need
August 2013
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Road to Memphis, the final day – as it happened
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Twitter road trips USA: Chicago-Memphis day four - as it happened
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Twitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis day three – as it happened
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Twitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis, day two – as it happened
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Twitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis day one - as it happened
Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
Twitter road trips USA: send us travel tips for Chicago to Memphis
July 2013
ICT needs a makeover to keep the Silicon Roundabout flowing
Benji Lanyado
Benji Lanyado: Computing A-levels are deeply unpopular, despite this being the brave new digital world. But making ICT education sexy is easy
April 2013
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Google: no such thing as a free lunch
Benji Lanyado: If the US tax department gets its way, free haircuts, gratis grub and similar office perks for employees of Google and other Silicon Valley companies may be on the way out
March 2013
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How to become a mobile app millionaire
This week 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio hit the headlines by selling his app, Summly, to Yahoo for an estimated £18m. Here's a step-by-step guide to your own hi-tech fortune
September 2012
The UK's attitude to computer education needs a reboot
Benji Lanyado
Benji Lanyado: If we don't take programming and web design seriously in schools, the UK will fall behind its global competitors
August 2012
What is Reddit? And why does Obama care?
The hugely influential link-sharing website has become the 'front page of the internet', writes Benji Lanyado
May 2012
The world's worst supersized tourist flops
Benji Lanyado
My day doing everything the internet told me to
April 2012
London city tips on Foursquare
The best travel videos on the web
The best travel videos on the web: fairground Buenos Aires and kitesurfing in Madagascar
March 2012
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Is Bournemouth really one of Europe's best beaches?
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Mumbai city guide, on web, mobile and tablet
February 2012
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Syria: is it possible to rename streets on Google Maps?
Syrian protestors are trying to remove the president's name from Google Maps. Just how is it done?
